Using different writing/drawing materials (e.g., markers, color pencils, pastels, etc.), students learn how to communicate different moods and/or feelings to support their written ideas and how authors do the same through their work.
Color My World: Expanding Meaning Potential through Media
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Make a Splash! Using Dramatic Experience to "Explode the Moment"
3 - 5
Lesson Plan
| Standard Lesson
Students will have a blast as they use descriptive language to write about an "explosive" and dramatic moment in their lives.
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Solving the Math Curse: Reading and Writing Math Word Problems
3 - 5
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| Standard Lesson
Students' reading, writing, listening, and speaking skills add up as they decipher word problems and use what they've learned to solve a crossword puzzle.
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A Musical Prompt: Postcards From the Concert
3 - 5
Lesson Plan
| Standard Lesson
Students won't miss a beat in this musical lesson that combines listening with personal response on a postcard.
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Q is for Duck: Using Alphabet Books With Struggling Writers
3 - 5
Lesson Plan
| Standard Lesson
A is for zoo? Q is for duck? The alphabet as students know it is transformed when students create a class book that contains clever associations for each letter of the alphabet.
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Word Study with Henry and Mudge
K - 3
Lesson Plan
| Standard Lesson
Henry and Mudge is used in this lesson to build students' word recognition through rereading, high-frequency word banks, word studies, and writing.
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Sharing Favorite Books Using Interactive Character Trading Cards
3 - 5
Lesson Plan
| Standard Lesson
Using selected characters from a text of their choice, students put their literary analysis skills to work by creating fictional character trading cards.
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Exploring How Section Headings Support Understanding of Expository Texts
3 - 5
Lesson Plan
| Standard Lesson
Nonfiction may be dull for some students, but this lesson helps them focus on the main ideas. Through awareness of section headings, students learn to sort and categorize main concepts.